Her middle name, Frances, came from her grandfather's name.
Marion
was born in 1905 and brought up in Swansea. She attended Durfee High
School
in Fall River. Her family moved to Rehoboth (81 Martin St. - now 103
Martin
St.) around 1915. Her sisters attended Case High School. She went
on to Hyannis Normal School to become a school teacher.

Marion's entry in her High School Year Book, The Durfee Record.

Marion with students from Hornbine School June 11, 1926.

Gordon's mother said the students were all respectful. She
married
Douglas Francis (born 1902) on June 17, 1926. (six days after this
picture
was taken). She had met him at a dance at Bristol Agricultural High
School
around 1922.

Marion Horton with Grades 6, 7 & 8 outside Hornbine
School
on June 11, 1926. Gordon Francis says his mother is the person in the
middle
back.

To her left (our right) is Raymond Reed (the tall boy).
Raymond
Reed was the biggest boy in the school and sat at the farthest seat in
the back of the room to the right. He, like other boys, helped
bring
in the wood. Raymond Reed, who was well behaved, married Ruth, Marion
Horton's
younger sister.

These pictures seem to have been taken on the same day in
June,1926
or possibly Memorial Day or Flag Day